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Architecture and Planning</a></p> <p class="SchoolNames"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://engineering.mit.edu/" id="school_2">School of Engineering</a></p> <p class="SchoolNames"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://shass.mit.edu/" id="school_3">School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences</a></p> <p class="SchoolNames"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://mitsloan.mit.edu/" id="school_4">Sloan School of Management</a></p> <p class="SchoolNames"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/https://science.mit.edu/research-and-academics/" id="school_5">School of Science</a></p> </div>  <div id="Departments"> <p class="SubHead">departments and programs*</p> <table id="programList"> <tr> <td class="text"><span class="caps">course</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/" class="test-bold h_school_2">16</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/" class="text h_school_2">Aeronautics and Astronautics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/" class="text-bold h_school_3">21A</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/" class="text h_school_3">Anthropology</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://architecture.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_1">4</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://architecture.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_1">Architecture</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/be/index.htm" class="text-bold h_school_2">20</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/be/index.htm" class="text h_school_2">Biological Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://biology.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_5">7</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://biology.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_5">Biology</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/bcs/" class="text-bold h_school_5">9</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/bcs/" class="text h_school_5">Brain and Cognitive Sciences</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/cheme/" class="text-bold h_school_2">10</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/cheme/" class="text h_school_2">Chemical Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/index.html" class="text-bold h_school_5">5</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/index.html" class="text h_school_5">Chemistry</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://cee.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">1</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://cee.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Civil and Environmental Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://cmsw.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_3">CMS/21W  </a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://cmsw.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_3">Comparative Media Studies/Writing</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://csbi.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">CSB</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://csbi.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Computational and Systems Biology</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://eapsweb.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_5">12</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://eapsweb.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_5">Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://econ-www.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_3">14</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://econ-www.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_3">Economics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www.eecs.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">6</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www.eecs.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://idss.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">IDSS</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://idss.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Institute for Data, Systems, and Society</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://mitgsl.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_3">21G</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://mitgsl.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_3">Global Studies and Languages</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://hst.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_6">HST</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://hst.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_6">Health Sciences and Technology</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/history/www/" class="text-bold h_school_3">21H</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/history/www/" class="text h_school_3">History</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/" class="text-bold h_school_3">24</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/" class="text h_school_3">Linguistics</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/philos/www/" class="text h_school_3">Philosophy</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://lit.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_3">21L</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://lit.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_3">Literature</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://mitsloan.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_4">15</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://mitsloan.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_4">Management</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://dmse.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">3</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://dmse.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Materials Science and Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www-math.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_5">18</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www-math.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_5">Mathematics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www-me.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_2">2</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www-me.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_2">Mechanical Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www.media.mit.edu/mas/" class="text-bold h_school_1">MAS</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://www.media.mit.edu/mas/" class="text h_school_1">Media Arts and Sciences</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/" class="text-bold h_school_3">21M</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/music/" class="text h_school_3">Music</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://theaterarts.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_3">Theater Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/nse/" class="text-bold h_school_2">22</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/nse/" class="text h_school_2">Nuclear Science and Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/physics/" class="text-bold h_school_5">8</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/physics/" class="text h_school_5">Physics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/polisci/" class="text-bold h_school_3">17</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/polisci/" class="text h_school_3">Political Science</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/sts/" class="text-bold h_school_3">STS</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/sts/" class="text h_school_3">Science, Technology, and Society</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://dusp.mit.edu/" class="text-bold h_school_1">11</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://dusp.mit.edu/" class="text h_school_1">Urban Studies and Planning</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/wgs/" class="text-bold h_school_3">WGS</a></td> <td class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722042420/http://web.mit.edu/wgs/" class="text h_school_3">Women's and Gender Studies</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="color:#333;padding-top:15px;font-size:1.2em"> *Additional academic programs are described in 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